Pope Francis: pornography is also “a vice” of priests and nuns

The Pope Francisco warned that online pornography, and not just criminal, is “a vice” that many people have, including “priests and nuns”, during a meeting he held this Monday with seminarians from Rome who are preparing for the priesthood and from which Today the Vatican reported.

“It is a vice that has so many people, so many lay people, and also priests and nuns. The devil enters through there. And I’m not talking about criminal pornography like child abuse, where live cases of abuse are seen: that’s already a degeneration, but rather normal pornography. Dear brothers, be careful with that”commented to the future priests.

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The Argentine pontiff also told them that “The pure heart, the one that receives Jesus every day, cannot receive this pornography” and that if they have porn on their mobile phone that they delete it so “they don’t have temptation at hand”.

“And if you can’t erase it, defend yourself well so you don’t get into this. I tell you it weakens the soul. It weakens the soul”added the pope, who apologized for going into “so much detail about pornography”, but that it is a “reality that touches priests, seminarians, nuns, consecrated souls and this is important”.

Also, encouraged to caress children, sick children, despite the fact that they can accuse him of pedophilia.

“Caress the children… Someone can accuse you of being a pederast, but no, no, get this possible accusation out of your head”, He said dadwho added that “the elderly also need caresses”.

Jorge bergoglio he also warned seminarians of the danger of “careerism” because, he said, “a careerist is a traitor, he is not a servant.”

And responding to a Ukrainian priest, he assured that “The Church, like a mother, suffers in the face of wars because wars are the destruction of children”.

“You suffer so much, your people, I know, I am close. But pray for the aggressors, because they are more victims like you. You do not see the wounds they have in their souls, but pray, pray so that the Lord converts them and wants peace to come,” Francis told the Ukrainian priest.

Source: Elcomercio

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